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  • The $44 million development, designed with a state-of-the-art "cross-dock" loading system and 11 acres of trailer parking, is the first new warehouse project for First Industrial Realty Trust Inc., a Chicago-based real-estate investment trust, in over three years.

    Stirrings in Inland Empire Matthew Strozier 2011

  • This step could reduce throughput time by another third, eliminate more wasteful steps, and reduce the number of warehouse and cross-dock facilities as well.

    Lean Thinking James P. Womack 2003

  • The site is currently being entitled to develop a 650,000 square foot, class-A, cross-dock distribution facility, with LEED certification.

    unknown title 2011

  • The LEED Gold- certified cross-dock distribution facility occupies 124 acres in the Rockefeller Group- MeadWestvaco Foreign Trade Zone.

    unknown title 2011

  • The lane-specific bid data can also be shared with cross-dock managers in Ace's supply chain to get their input on how certain carriers are rated in specific lanes or geographies.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • As drivers return to Con-way's 290 freight service centers across the U.S., the new dock automation application is utilized to streamline cross-dock handling; resulting in higher capacity and higher quality loads.

    Con-way Freight Streamlines North American Transportation Operations With AT&T Mobility and Network Solutions - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • But by the end of 1999, with the high-tech industry booming, the shipper was receiving customer service complaints about delivery and realized quickly that its newly increased volumes were simply overwhelming the cross-dock operations the 3PL had set up in Canada.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • The lane-specific bid data can also be shared with cross-dock managers in Ace's supply chain to get their input on how certain carriers are rated in specific lanes or geographies.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • The intermodal terminal includes over 10,000 feet of track and a new container maintenance and cleaning facility, with over 1 million square feet of warehousing in close proximity to provide shippers and manufacturers with distribution, cross-dock and storage capacity in and out of the Washington State.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Turn cross-dock orders around efficiently or manage put-away inventory with Total

    Retail Solutions Online Products 2010

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